One funny part of the hunt this past weekend is that we had seen the same buck before. This was to be her first buck and we were trying for a nice one for her room if possible. Anyway we saw this one from a distance and as it came in would hardly stop. It was on the move for rut! It certainly walked around like a local boss and had some broken tines to show.
I am watching though binocs. Finally it presented a broadside within range and I whispered "okay shoot". After a bit it moved and stopped broadside again. And then moved and stopped broad again. "Shoot it!" I whispered. Then Audrey said "I don't have a shot. I can't keep the rifle from moving". I looked over and she she was trembling like a paint shaker. Soon the buck proceeded to leave the area following a doe.
We then slowly put the rifle back away in the blind. She was shaking and could not stop! A real case of buck fever. Anyway she was kind of frustrated but we turned it into something funny and just part of becoming a hunter...a responsible hunter.
The next time the same buck presented itself in a slight quartering broadside during a later hunt at around 100 yds she pulled the trigger and he went about 20 feet.